A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

No two cities have counted more with mankind than Athens and Jerusalem. Their messages in religion, philosophy, and art have been the main guiding lights of modern faith and culture.

I must confess to some sentiment about old Ireland, in spite of the ugly mask she tries to wear.

But you ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it is they who made it famous.

The burgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all nations into civilization.

The world on the verge of its catastrophe was very brilliant. Nations and Empires crowned with princes and potentates rose majestically on every side, lapped in theaccumulated treasures of the long peace. All were fitted and fastened-it seemed securely-into an immense cantilever.